Poets' Voices

Fishko Files from WNYC by WNYC Studios

Apr 16, 202100:06:54Arts

In honor of April, National Poetry Month , WNYC's Sara Fishko asks the question: what's the connection between poets' speaking voices, and the poems they create? (Produced in 2012)

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